Help with a circuit again

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Help with a circuit again

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How can I change the polarity of this circuit by using PNP transistors
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This is a circuit for Lionel trains that run on 0-18 vac. It is not DCC
What it does is when it gets a signal of positive dc voltage to the outside rail it turns on the optocoupler and it turns on the whistle, I would like to reverse the polarity so when I send a negative dc voltage to the outside rail it would activate a bell.
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NPN to PNP, reverse diodes, reverse polarized capacitors, pin 1 of optocoupler stays positive.

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thanks, never even thought of switching the leads going into the optocoupler
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I guess that changes the trigger point from the falling edge to the rising edge of the outside rail. you may need to change the values of R3 and R4 if the bias current to turn off the Darlington PNP is different.
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Im using the pnp equivalent of a 2n2222a, its a 2n2907a, I am going to bread board this circuit tonight,
thanks again
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